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This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to … of educational outcomes. It also surveys the broader literature on education policies which provides a perspective on the … current policies in the field of education in Bihar. Finally, it makes a case for several policy initiatives that should be …
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provide a comparable education to traditional schools. Estimating the effects of distance on academic outcomes, children prove …
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This paper provides an analysis of potential unequal burden of bribery in schools on poor households in developing countries. The rich are more likely to pay bribes in the standard model where the probability of punishment for bribe taking by a teacher is the same irrespective of income of the...
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Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use … years of schooling. We also estimate bounds on the effect of education on arranged marriage when exclusion restrictions are … violated locally (the lower bound is six to seven percentage points). The impact of education is strong for women, but …
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Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the causal effects of education on freedom of spouse choice … is 6-7 percentage points). The impact of education is strong for women, but much weaker for men. …
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In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...
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The objective of the doctoral thesis “Research on different territorial levels of Romanian-Hungarian Cross-Border Cooperation with special emphasis on Debrecen – Oradea Eurometropolis (European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation EGTC)” is to emphasize the importance of the cross border...
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Addressing extreme poverty remains a key challenge for development in Bangladesh. BRAC initiated the “Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction” (CFPR) programme—a grant-based approach to tackle extreme poverty. This study provides an assessment of the cogency of this grant-based...
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Rural electrifi cation is believed to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) via various channels. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of electrification on the household’s lighting usage, home studying, energy expenditures and income. We use household...
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The aim of the present paper is to investigate whether households relocated to governmentbuilt village settlements, as part of Rwanda’s Villagisation programme (‘Imidugudu’), diversify into non-farm income-generating activities to a greater extent than other rural households in Rwanda, and...
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